Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of the dative ease; as a dative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb rare As a gift.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb rare As a gift.

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dative +‎ -ly

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